I do interim management and for the past several years we have always kept
Saline locked for the reasons you state below. However, at my current assignment
in PA out quality director (who is also a Joint Commission surveyor on the side)
said that most recently saline syringes have been considered a "medical supply"
and not a drug or medication so we are not locking them up at my current
hospital. Hope this helps.
Our current policy is to stock saline syringes for flush in bedside carts in each patient's room. Our unit is locked and our staffing is never greater than...
We keep our saline flushes in the bedside carts in the rooms and when the RN is not in the room the carts are locked. (it's a simple alpha-code lock - same in...
We have needed to do the same thing. Yes by Joint Commission standards - saline is a drug! We keep our's locked. Roberta Roberta Basol RN, MA, NE-BC Director;...
Yes, we do require an order. Roberta Roberta Basol RN, MA, NE-BC Director; Intensive/Surgical Care and Clinical Practice ext. 54110 pager 89-0364 ... From:...
One order to flush all SL q shift. ________________________________ From: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Susan Gerhardt ...
yes ________________________________ From: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Susan Gerhardt Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 4:37...
We have no supplies or flushes in the pt room. All is kept in the supply/med room. It has taken about 6 months for staff to get used to this (supplies only)...
We also keep our saline flushes locked in our Pyxis in a supply/med room. Make work more challenging for the nurses and rest assured, they'll come up with...
Susan, I do interim management and for the past several years we have always kept Saline locked for the reasons you state below. However, at my current...
We just had our survey with only 6 directs and 14 indirects. NS flushes were considered medication since they are used to flush a line and were considered no...
Yes, we also consider the saline flushes "medical supplies" per JC guidelines and do not lock up in our patient room supply areas. We do also have locked...
We also keep saline flushed behind locked doors with the IV fluids. We just had our Joint Commission visit about 8 months ago and they were still quoting that...
Thank you all for your responses; they are much appreciated! I do find it interesting that several places have gotten feedback from TJC that the pre-filled NS...
I understand that if you use a locking cart in the room it has to be secured. A cart on wheels does not meet JC standards if meds are in the cart. Roberta ...
We have had to rearrange our IV stock and flushes as well as they are now considered medications. Our IV bags now are in a locked storage room across the hall...
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